Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-05-31
aemi.Local CMppings.

Fargo Argus. Colonel Thomas is
credited with presenting one of the
ablsst briefs eve read before the su-
preme court, at the Yankton session.
1t was in the Bnttz- Cotton case and the
chances are that it wins,.....Ju Judge Wall.
in received o great many congratnle-
lions while at Yankton for his able or.
guments before the supreme court. AS
a jurist Judge Wallin ,s conceded a
high place at the Ear....If it were pos
sible' for Judge Tripp to be spared as
chief justice of Dakota, no man IN all
the broad land could be found more Ca
pable or who would more honor the
ben h of the United States supreme
court. A man of wonderful equipolse
and one every wey fitted by experience
and ability for the highest honors in the
Judiciary.
Minneapolis Journal: The young
lady students at Yankton college have
been denied the privilege OF competing
for the oratorical prize. The Yankton
boys have probably heard of the result
in the Iowa intercollegiate oratorlcal
contest, where both the prizes were
taken by ladies.
Aberdeen News; The idle gossip tina.
Judge Bartlett Trips name may be
considered in connection with the va
cancy caused upon the supreme bench
by the death of Justice Woods, has q
sort of ridiculous twang to it. Not that
Dakota's chief justice is not in every way
qualified to fill the p%osition--he is as
able as the best of them-but that the
administration would TO-, O moment
think of appointing e resident OF a ter
to such q position when there are
so many hungry politicians In the states
to be satisfied. Again, Justice Woods
was a resident of the south, and his sue
oessor will not be chosen from north of
Mason and Dixon's line.
Yermilllon Plain Talk: The agitation
which has been going on ct Yanktcn
and Omaha and at important inter
mediate points for the past several years
in favor Of railroad connection between
Yankton and Omaha has at last
succeeded in bringing about what was
wanted. At q meeting of leading buei-
ness men of Yankton, Wayne, West
Point and Omaha OF the latter place this
week the contract was signed for the
construction of the desired railroad III
consideration of a bonus of 100000 to
be raised along the line of which Omaha
binds herself to give 100000 leaving
the rest to be made up by interested
towns. The corporation undertaking
the contract is known as the
Omaha Southern and is now engaged in
extending q line of railroad in o south.
westerly direction from Omaha. One
of the moving spirits in the corporation
is j. S. Meckling who is we'll known in
this section by reason of his connection
with the old Dakota Southern railroad.
1t is anticipated that this new road will
be nearly completed this year. Certain
ly by next season it will be furnishing
the Jim River valley and all of southern
Dakota an outlet to the best local market
west of Chicago. This direct connec-
tion with Omaha and the south is one OF
the most happy events that has transpir-
ed in a long season OF working and wait
ing on the part of r~ustlers who are strug-
Cling SO faithfully and 30 successfully
to pave the way fer Yankton's future
greatness. IT marks an era in Yankton's
progress. and also marks o happy era in
the life of the COW counties. for it places
the corn and hog and beef country in
easy range Of the very best markets. 1t
may not be within q year or SO but the
time is eventually coming when Yank-
ton will take a boom; such a boom in
fact as she deserves. God designed the
site on which Yankton stands for q city.
He left it to men to build the city but
through some mistake or other the men
have thus far failed to do their part.
Let us hope that now they will wake up
and let their works be works.
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